Glitches in The Matrix

Have you ever seen things that you can't explain? I'm not talking about a pork roast coming out of the oven looking like a used Yule Log, despite following the cooking directions precisely. I'm talking about things that defy logical explanation. Over the past few years, I've had a few glitches in The Matrix.

A few years ago, while walking across a smoothly-paved parking lot, I looked at my feet to see a small rock lift up, rotate 360 degrees, and come to a rest on the pavement.

A couple of years ago, I saw a bright orb in the sky I couldn't explain. It came from the east, slowed down for a passing airplane, then sharply ascended into the sky, at a sharp angle, toward the moon. My wife also witnessed the event. I called local airports and our local Navy base, with no response. I filed a report with MUFON, who called me back a few weeks later to investigate (as they received similar reports). I know my way around planetary, stellar, aviation, and meteorological phenomenon, and the light in the sky was none of those.

Of and on (over the past few years) I would get a tingling sensation, like touching an electric fence. Immediately afterward, and for many minutes to follow, my fingers would give off a static electric discharge. In each case, the weather is warm (read: not wintertime), I am well grounded (rubber-soled shoes), and I am not walking across anything that would build up a static charge (in these cases, asphalt and cement).

While driving to work in the early morning hours, I will occasionally see an object on the side of the road get "highlighted" - as if the object (say, a shrub) is suddenly lit up from the inside. Every time, it's not an object I am previously aware of.

At my office, I occasionally see things securely pinned to the wall suddenly come off and fall to the floor. I would reattach those things to the wall, in a different place, only to have them fly off after a few minutes.

Just a couple of weeks ago, I saw a small, dark, cloud speed across the sky at a low altitude - on a day with few clouds in the sky, and no measurable wind.

Are these glitches in The Matrix? I don't know. The way things are going, I will likely experience a few more of these as time goes on.